The Big Society

[Tangled up in Blue]

http://gu.com/p/2n5c4

Can anyone explain what the big society is or is meant to be?
Thanks.

 

[OldBlueLady]

A fabrication by the Guardian?

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

The Big Society = TBS = Tory Bull ****

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

A fabrication by the Guardian?

The Big Society = TBS = Tory Bull ****

I much prefer TFS's take on this one though I would accept a fabrication by David Cameron as the correct answer too.:winking:
(There clearly is no such thing as a fabrication by The Guardian, Kay-except on April Fool's day of course).:smiles:

 

[Cricko]

Cameron is a first rate **** and is making himself look even more stupid than he is with this Big Society crap. Never have I disliked a politician more than this man, he is totally out of contact with reality and is pushing this country towards total collapse.

"The worst thing about this farce - the number of people, real people, whose lives will be damaged possibly irreversably by these disatrous fiscal policies".

 

[Rob Noxious]

http://gu.com/p/2n5c4

Can anyone explain what the big society is or is meant to be?
Thanks.

My understanding is that DJ's will need to do more charity work. :training:

 

[osymandus]

Shallow ill thought out nonsense ?
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/.../lWWh+(Tax+Research+UK+2)&utm_content=Twitter

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

The Big Society's the idea that the answer to everything isn't top down government regulation and that people should be proactive instead of sitting back whinging and expecting the government to do everything for them. It's the anitdote to the Nanny State.

 

[Cricko]

Shallow ill thought out nonsense ?
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/.../lWWh+(Tax+Research+UK+2)&utm_content=Twitter

About right.

“The most worrying thing about the ‘big society’ is that prime minister truly believes that policies of slash, burn and sack will make all our lives better, and not just for those for whom he is planning tax cuts.

“The logic of this is that his ideal society is Somalia where the state barely exists, and his hell the Scandinavian societies that the rest of us admire for combining quality services, equality and dynamic economies.”

 

[MK Shrimper]

“The logic of this is that his ideal society is Somalia where the state barely exists, and his hell the Scandinavian societies that the rest of us admire for combining quality services, equality and dynamic economies.”

What you mean the socialist ones? Careful you'll get tarred as a lefty mug.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

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Can anyone explain what the big society is or is meant to be?
Thanks.

Fire everyone then make them do the same job on a voluntary basis.

 

[Davros]

My understanding is that DJ's will need to do more charity work. :training:

In the words of James May.. "oooohh c*ck!"

 

[Cricko]

The Big Society's the idea that the answer to everything isn't top down government regulation and that people should be proactive instead of sitting back whinging and expecting the government to do everything for them. It's the anitdote to the Nanny State.

That's right all those thousands of people losing their jobs at the moment through government cuts and their slash and burn attitude start getting proactive before you start joining the nanny state....

Oh wait ..it wasn't your choice in the first place, it was the government putting you out there.

Perhaps one of the soldiers sent the email to tell him he was out of a job whilst on duty in Afghanistan ought to start getting a bit more proactive, don't you think?

 

[Mad Cyril]

I interpret the big society as an attempt to save public money by asking citizens to take a bit of personal responsibility for their lives.

For example my neighbour left his bin bags out overnight. Foxes ripped them to shreds and scattered rubbish all over my crazy paving. Instead of burdening the refuse collectors I took personal ownership of the problem and scratched the word **** on the bonnet of his motor while he was asleep.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Fire everyone then make them do the same job on a voluntary basis.

To be fair, it's more fire everyone but then re-employ most of them on different terms and conditions. :soapbox:

 

[Rob Noxious]

In the words of James May.. "oooohh c*ck!"

I don't understand your banter and who the **** is James May? :dunce:

 

[osymandus]

The Big Society's the idea that the answer to everything isn't top down government regulation and that people should be proactive instead of sitting back whinging and expecting the government to do everything for them. It's the anitdote to the Nanny State.

No its the extreme from one polar opposite to the other . Why can't we have teh balance of a welfare system that helps those genuinely in need . Supplied by the rest of society who are given social mobility opportunities and teh chance to live tehir life as they can .

And before anyone say its a fantasy its not ... Its called Norway, and i can tell you they are both richer and have a better quality of live then most of us .

 

[Benfleet A1]

I don't understand your banter and who the **** is James May? :dunce:

Davros is a DJ. There wasn't any nastiness in his post. Are you serious about James May? Presenter from Top Gear who says 'Oh **** or permission to say **** quite a lot.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Davros is a DJ. There wasn't any nastiness in his post. Are you serious about James May? Presenter from Top Gear who says 'Oh **** or permission to say **** quite a lot.

Thanks GHG. My reference was an old Monty Python line - I think it went, "I don't understand your banter, old bean," so maybe my retort would have sounded a bit less edgy if I'd said that instead. I was just genuinely dumbfounded as I've never watched Top Gear. I remember when John Peel had a radio show of the same name though. :cricko:

ps. I didn't realise Davros was a DJ too.
pps. The older I get, the less I know.

 

[MK Shrimper]

ps. I didn't realise Davros was a DJ too.

Did my wedding mate, did an absolutely sterling job.